Mexican troops rebel against President Antonio López de Santa Anna and call for liberal reforms
A Mexican garrison rises up in rebellion against the dictatorial rule of President Antonio López de Santa Anna and proclaims the Ayutla Plan, a series of liberal constitutional reforms that will divide the nation later in the decade. (By Brian Bockelman)
Source Citation
David F. Marley, Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present (Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 1998), 527.